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Editorial
. 2019 Feb;9(1):94-99.
doi: 10.21037/cdt.2018.08.01.

Self-monitoring of blood pressure to guide titration of antihypertensive medication-a new era in hypertension management?

Jan K Ho  1 , Revathy Carnagarin  1 , Vance B Matthews  1 , Markus P Schlaich  1   2   3
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Editorial

Self-monitoring of blood pressure to guide titration of antihypertensive medication-a new era in hypertension management?

Jan K Ho et al. Cardiovasc Diagn Ther. 2019 Feb.
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Conflicts of Interest: MP Schlaich is supported by an NHMRC Research Fellowship and has received consulting fees, and/or travel and research support from Medtronic, Abbott, Novartis, Servier, Pfizer and Boehringer-Ingelheim. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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